Exercise 10:
Subject-Verb Agreement
1. John, along with twenty friends is planning a party.
2. The picture of the soldiers brings back
many memories.
3. The quallity of these recordings is not very good.
4. If the duties of these officers aren’t reduced,
there will not be enough time t finish the project.
5. The effects of cigarette smoking have been proven to be
extremely harmful.
6. The use of credit cards in place of
cash has increased rapidly i recent years.
7. Advertisements on television are becoming more competitive than ever before.
8. Living expenses in this country, as
well as in many others are at an all-time high.
9. Mr.Jones accompanied by several
members of the commite has proposed some changes of the
rules.
10. The levels of intoxication vary from subject to subject.
Exercise 11:
Subject-Verb Agreeement
1. Neither Bill nor Mary is going to the play tonight.
2. Anything is becoming
than going to another movie tonight.
3. Skating is becoming
more popular every day.
4. A number of reporters were at the conferences yesterday.
5. Everybody who has a fever
must go home immediately.
6. Your glasses was on the
bureai last night.
7. There was some
people at the meeting last night.
8. The committee has already
reached a decision.
9. A pair of jeans was in the
washing machine this morning.
10. Each student have answered
the first three questions.
11. Either John or his wife makes breakfast each morning.
12. After she had perused the material,
the secretary decided that everything was in order.
13. The crowd at the basketball game was wild with excitement.
14. A pack of wild dogs has fightened all the ducks away.
15. The jury is trying go
reach a decision.
16. The army has
eliminated this section of the training test.
17. The number of students who have withdrawn from
class this quarter are appalling.
18. There has been too
many interruptions in this class.
19. Every elementary school teacher have to take this examination.
20. Neither Jill nor her parents has seen this movie before.
